diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/CakeSchema.php b/lib/Cake/Model/CakeSchema.php
index 3d11b3641..f2cb4e73d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/CakeSchema.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/CakeSchema.php
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ class CakeSchema extends CakeObject {
 						$type = $value;
 						$value = array('type' => $type);
 					}
+					$value['type'] = addslashes($value['type']);
 					$col = "\t\t'{$field}' => array('type' => '" . $value['type'] . "', ";
 					unset($value['type']);
 					$col .= implode(', ', $this->_values($value));
@@ -624,17 +625,19 @@ class CakeSchema extends CakeObject {
 			if ($Obj->primaryKey === $name && !$hasPrimaryAlready && !isset($value['key'])) {
 				$value['key'] = 'primary';
 			}
-			if (!isset($db->columns[$value['type']])) {
-				trigger_error(__d('cake_dev', 'Schema generation error: invalid column type %s for %s.%s does not exist in DBO', $value['type'], $Obj->name, $name), E_USER_NOTICE);
-				continue;
-			} else {
-				$defaultCol = $db->columns[$value['type']];
-				if (isset($defaultCol['limit']) && $defaultCol['limit'] == $value['length']) {
-					unset($value['length']);
-				} elseif (isset($defaultCol['length']) && $defaultCol['length'] == $value['length']) {
-					unset($value['length']);
+			if (substr($value['type'], 0, 4) !== 'enum') {
+				if (!isset($db->columns[$value['type']])) {
+					trigger_error(__d('cake_dev', 'Schema generation error: invalid column type %s for %s.%s does not exist in DBO', $value['type'], $Obj->name, $name), E_USER_NOTICE);
+					continue;
+				} else {
+					$defaultCol = $db->columns[$value['type']];
+					if (isset($defaultCol['limit']) && $defaultCol['limit'] == $value['length']) {
+						unset($value['length']);
+					} elseif (isset($defaultCol['length']) && $defaultCol['length'] == $value['length']) {
+						unset($value['length']);
+					}
+					unset($value['limit']);
 				}
-				unset($value['limit']);
 			}
 
 			if (isset($value['default']) && ($value['default'] === '' || ($value['default'] === false && $value['type'] !== 'boolean'))) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Mysql.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Mysql.php
index e2b164492..682c742f1 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Mysql.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Mysql.php
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ class Mysql extends DboSource {
 		'primary_key' => array('name' => 'NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT'),
 		'string' => array('name' => 'varchar', 'limit' => '255'),
 		'text' => array('name' => 'text'),
+		'enum' => array('name' => 'enum'),
 		'biginteger' => array('name' => 'bigint', 'limit' => '20'),
 		'integer' => array('name' => 'int', 'limit' => '11', 'formatter' => 'intval'),
 		'smallinteger' => array('name' => 'smallint', 'limit' => '6', 'formatter' => 'intval'),
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
index aed75f382..ebfab0a97 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
@@ -3282,18 +3282,7 @@ class DboSource extends DataSource {
 			return (int)$length;
 		}
 		if (in_array($type, array('enum', 'set'))) {
-			$values = array_map(function ($value) {
-				return trim(trim($value), '\'"');
-			}, explode(',', $length));
-
-			$maxLength = 0;
-			foreach ($values as $key => $enumValue) {
-				$tmpLength = strlen($enumValue);
-				if ($tmpLength > $maxLength) {
-					$maxLength = $tmpLength;
-				}
-			}
-			return $maxLength;
+			return null;
 		}
 		return (int)$length;
 	}
@@ -3511,25 +3500,28 @@ class DboSource extends DataSource {
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		if (!isset($this->columns[$type])) {
+		if (!isset($this->columns[$type]) && substr($type, 0, 4) !== 'enum') {
 			trigger_error(__d('cake_dev', 'Column type %s does not exist', $type), E_USER_WARNING);
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		$real = $this->columns[$type];
-		$out = $this->name($name) . ' ' . $real['name'];
-
-		if (isset($column['length'])) {
-			$length = $column['length'];
-		} elseif (isset($column['limit'])) {
-			$length = $column['limit'];
-		} elseif (isset($real['length'])) {
-			$length = $real['length'];
-		} elseif (isset($real['limit'])) {
-			$length = $real['limit'];
-		}
-		if (isset($length)) {
-			$out .= '(' . $length . ')';
+		if (substr($type, 0, 4) === 'enum') {
+			$out = $this->name($name) . ' ' . $type;
+		} else {
+			$real = $this->columns[$type];
+			$out = $this->name($name) . ' ' . $real['name'];
+			if (isset($column['length'])) {
+				$length = $column['length'];
+			} elseif (isset($column['limit'])) {
+				$length = $column['limit'];
+			} elseif (isset($real['length'])) {
+				$length = $real['length'];
+			} elseif (isset($real['limit'])) {
+				$length = $real['limit'];
+			}
+			if (isset($length)) {
+				$out .= '(' . $length . ')';
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (($column['type'] === 'integer' || $column['type'] === 'float') && isset($column['default']) && $column['default'] === '') {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/CakeSchemaTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/CakeSchemaTest.php
index c7c8deab1..bdcaf2440 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/CakeSchemaTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/CakeSchemaTest.php
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ class MyAppSchema extends CakeSchema {
 		'published' => array('type' => 'string', 'null' => true, 'default' => 'Y', 'length' => 1),
 		'created' => array('type' => 'datetime', 'null' => true, 'default' => null),
 		'updated' => array('type' => 'datetime', 'null' => true, 'default' => null),
+		'status' => array(
+			'type' => 'enum(\'active\',\'deleted\')',
+			'null' => false,
+			'default' => 'active',
+			'collate' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
+			'charset' => 'utf8',
+		),
 		'indexes' => array('PRIMARY' => array('column' => 'id', 'unique' => true)),
 	);
 
@@ -809,6 +816,14 @@ class CakeSchemaTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'posts' => array(
 				'add' => array(
 					'summary' => array('type' => 'text', 'null' => true, 'after' => 'body'),
+					'status' => array(
+						'type' => 'enum(\'active\',\'deleted\')',
+						'null' => false,
+						'default' => 'active',
+						'collate' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
+						'charset' => 'utf8',
+						'after' => 'updated',
+					),
 				),
 				'drop' => array(
 					'tableParameters' => array(),
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/MysqlTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/MysqlTest.php
index fe7f3e0db..cc2cce668 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/MysqlTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/MysqlTest.php
@@ -3080,14 +3080,6 @@ SQL;
 		$expected = '5,2';
 		$this->assertSame($expected, $result);
 
-		$result = $this->Dbo->length("enum('test','me','now')");
-		$expected = 4;
-		$this->assertSame($expected, $result);
-
-		$result = $this->Dbo->length("set('a','b','cd')");
-		$expected = 2;
-		$this->assertSame($expected, $result);
-
 		$result = $this->Dbo->length(false);
 		$this->assertNull($result);
 
@@ -3100,6 +3092,26 @@ SQL;
 		$this->assertSame($expected, $result);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Tests the length of enum column.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testLengthEnum() {
+		$result = $this->Dbo->length("enum('test','me','now')");
+		$this->assertNull($result);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Tests the length of set column.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testLengthSet() {
+		$result = $this->Dbo->length("set('a','b','cd')");
+		$this->assertNull($result);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testBuildIndex method
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/DboSourceTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/DboSourceTest.php
index 2d206d5bf..c8df92dc3 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/DboSourceTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/DboSourceTest.php
@@ -2177,12 +2177,19 @@ class DboSourceTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
 		$result = $this->db->length('decimal(20,3)');
 		$this->assertEquals('20,3', $result);
+	}
 
+/**
+ * Test length parsing of enum column.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testLengthEnum() {
 		$result = $this->db->length('enum("one", "longer")');
-		$this->assertEquals(6, $result);
+		$this->assertNull($result);
 
 		$result = $this->db->length("enum('One Value','ANOTHER ... VALUE ...')");
-		$this->assertEquals(21, $result);
+		$this->assertNull($result);
 	}
 
 /**